Penholder.



No. 841,873. PATENTEDAN. 22, 1907. -Jf C.y JOHNSON.

PENHOLDBR.v

BPLICATIOITFILBD MAY 14.1906.

, and useful Improvements in Penholders; and

JOSEPH C. JOHNSON, OF FORT RANSOM, NORTH DAKOTA.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed May 14, 1906. Serial N. 316,829.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Ransom, in the county of Ransom, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use 'the same.

This invention relates to the class of penejecting penholders and it has for its obj ect the provision of a device of the kind men tioned that shall be at once simple in construction and mode of Operation and that will readily accommodate pens of different size or having different-sized Shanks.

The general nature of the invention is to be ascertained from a casual inspection of the annexed drawings, forming a part of the specification, in connection with the foregoing statements. I will therefore proceed at once with a detailed disclosure vof the improvements, their purposes, and the advantages possessed by them over the prior state of the art, pointing out with particularity the part or improvement constituting the invention in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section Similar 'figures of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In carrying outmy invention I provide a pen-stock 5, preferably of wood of aldesirable kind, making it as light and symmetrical as maybe satisfactory or acceptable. The forward end of the pen-stock will be provided with a relatively short ferrule 6, and the said pen-stock will be bored longitudinally fromits forward end inwardly, and a core 7 of suitable size will be inserted in said bore.

A chamber 8 will be made in the pen-stock l above the core, in which chamber there is disposed a pen-holding lever 9, pivoted on a cross-pin 10, extending through the sides of the pen-stock and the shank of the lever, so that when the outstanding rear end 11 of the lever is depressed the forward end 12, fitting over the core 7, will be raised, as will be understood. A spring 13 is arranged under the rear end of the leverl in order that the forward end maybe normally depressed on the core.

In use the shankof the pen will be inserted between the core and the forward end of the lever and will be there held with all desired security by the pressure of the spring 13 upward against the rear end Of the lever.

When it is desired to release the pen, the outstanding thumb -piece 11 will be depressed, raising the forward end of the lever and releasing the pen, as will be understood without further description. A

It is to be noted that the device is most simple in construction and manner of use and that it is organized to hold any pen of usual size. In the release of a pen it need not be touched by the fingers, so as to soil the same with ink.

What is claimed as the invention is- A penholder consisting of a pen-stock, a

-short ferrule on its forward end, a core inserted in the forward end covered by the fer- 'rule, said pen having a chamber formed in 

